(on a lighter note....gotta love the get out of a bad date feature!

Im sure they are much lighter than granite.I've actually done quite a few granite tile countertops.

It may be more stain resistant in the lighter colors, but you can't put a hot pan right on it like you can granite since it's really just stone particles cast in plastic resin.

One of our new apt tenants (late 20s, seemed mature, responsible) called 311 out of the blue without reporting a problem with the heat to us.

We hold our capital in fairly stable and liquid blue chip with a dividend of ~5%.  

The reason you do this is to qualify them up front so you can run and assign the approval, lock the rate, approve the builder, review the Blue print, cost analysis and more.

Certain parts of Blue Ridge are becoming quite popular and would be a great up and coming place to get started in.

Yeah some online mapping services certainly have questionable accuracy, I always double check with property records for actual location.I could request til I'm blue, but some realtors are just going to give you what they want to give you or just what they know.Actually, it's not the "type" of listings that I'm concerned about in an online property search tool, it's the detailed info for each listing i.e price changes, DOM, sales history, etc. like Ziprealty.com provides (just no longer in my area) by apparently pulling info from MLS & public records.

STR's are more affordable in this market compared to their neighbors 30 mins south in the Blue Ridge areas.

I'd definitely get a less levered property in a good area of Denver, that's a blue chip.